tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45933748189630680982024-03-18T02:48:41.985-07:00The Mutant Epoch blogThe Mutant Epoch blog exists to showcase the latest offerings, news and commentary from the publisher, Outland Arts.com. The Mutant Epoch setting is presented through a tabletop role-playing game using the Outland System game mechanic, art prints and books, full length fiction and soon a graphic novel. Product release coming soon! Sign up on our mailing list to get updates on Production highlights and the coming release.Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.comBlogger262125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-56929835581796006492024-02-07T12:32:00.000-08:002024-02-07T12:32:29.318-08:00What’s the Hold Up here? Huge Update:: The Mutant Epoch Expansion Rules <h2 style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-uCWh5s8Mqp4LEzaLdz8gTXaDa-Lf5B96hQ-f6lUT2V1ATkz7R7k9htlNVEMfM3jUrC1lib6R0SAA7y7rU8_8pJpBhRqPPQUuTXSFCwjCOwCJabWOFnJZS2iQRI5ckVOKep0CdBpYpPY3VlRW2zxDLJRx0a8gnSMTeJfGtl_TB4JPPKqxymOV7uLqQW0/s720/Cover-Characters-The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG-Expansion-Rules-McAusland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="720" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-uCWh5s8Mqp4LEzaLdz8gTXaDa-Lf5B96hQ-f6lUT2V1ATkz7R7k9htlNVEMfM3jUrC1lib6R0SAA7y7rU8_8pJpBhRqPPQUuTXSFCwjCOwCJabWOFnJZS2iQRI5ckVOKep0CdBpYpPY3VlRW2zxDLJRx0a8gnSMTeJfGtl_TB4JPPKqxymOV7uLqQW0/w400-h198/Cover-Characters-The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG-Expansion-Rules-McAusland.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Update on The Mutant Epoch Expansion Rules</h2><h4 style="text-align: left;"><i>Feb 7th 2024 Kamloops, British Columbia</i></h4><p>I’m writing this as I recover from one of the worse colds I’ve had since last year at this time. I spent seven days sick as a dog and moping about. My wife had it too, but worse, I think. It was bad timing because I had the week off from freelancing work and so planned to draw my face off on Expansion Rules (XR) Interior art. Still, whenever my body would allow for it, I dragged myself into the studio and penciled or inked at half speed. With a hot drink, my old cat, a podcast, and an electric heater nearby, I did manage to complete 65 images. </p><p><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Although I’m not fully recovered yet, I still expect to spend most of the day in the studio inking for this book — currently rendering the individual new variants of bestial humans you’ll be able to play — then onto the already penciled digital beings art.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDnM9zU9o-Vov4t0H2-twlKTYsX8IPxE9kVfGe-gyprpeUWaDmFUnPZzbhptg4pQd3GSTLkfqJFX1O0Ut7CqgGhGnSCoJiXEzShF0f6ACgswiTnAJnKHP7kV-rK1psy3wkgBCoerPYRm1Hje8xd-lijVx3g0_HUfA5EX2r2IV64TWrTV1KhfXSaTePrng/s1080/The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG-Expansion-Rules-Feb6-2024-update-Interior-Art-inks-McAusland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="717" data-original-width="1080" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDnM9zU9o-Vov4t0H2-twlKTYsX8IPxE9kVfGe-gyprpeUWaDmFUnPZzbhptg4pQd3GSTLkfqJFX1O0Ut7CqgGhGnSCoJiXEzShF0f6ACgswiTnAJnKHP7kV-rK1psy3wkgBCoerPYRm1Hje8xd-lijVx3g0_HUfA5EX2r2IV64TWrTV1KhfXSaTePrng/w400-h265/The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG-Expansion-Rules-Feb6-2024-update-Interior-Art-inks-McAusland.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><i>Here are just a few of the sketch books I’ve filled with ink art for the interior of the Expansion Rules. For those of you who’ve been following along, you know I’ve been drawing this stuff for years. This mutant monstrosity will probably have the most art of any game book in human history at 1224 interior images.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="white-space: normal;">While there are still some big half and full page images to do for the XR Book, nearly everything that remains is small stuff that shows implants relics, plantoid species, robots, drones, gear and table illustrations. 80% of the art yet to do are tiny images, almost thumbnails in size and measuring no larger than 2 x 2 inches. For an example of what you probably already own, flip to page109 or189 of the TME hub rules to see what I’m talking about here. By the way, the hub rules has over 500 images, with most of them being tiny, too. </span></p><p><span style="white-space: normal; white-space: pre;"> </span></p><p>I’ve filled sketchbooks of art for this book already, and have another one or two to start in March, I’d love to get this art out of this studio… and spread across the world in the hands of fans of The Mutant Epoch. The current plan to handle that is a series of giveaway draws, as well as making nearly all the art available for sale at insanely reasonable prices to Society of Excavator Members. Remind me of this after the book comes out.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><b><i>So what’s the hold up?</i></b> </h3><p>Well, I mention a few things in the optional reading details below, but it’s actually progressing at an excellent pace, considering the size of this mad project. I’ve not wavered in my passion for this project, never thought of giving up and getting a job flipping burgers or as a Walmart greeter, never wasted a free hour or was lost on what to do next. I’ve got to-do lists of stuff to work on for this tome, and if my hand aches from inking I can just switch to keyboard work, Photoshop, pencil, or other chores. I’ve got work that I can only do when fresh and with no eye issues, and then I have work that I do when I’m worn out, ache, or have only one eye to work with and bed is calling me. I work on this book daily, and have been doing so all of 2023.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiALI-zbJNpK0RHeMAxYsFuNe5dBndq1ShyJbqS6q5TFDG8GRWmHXsresdX53Fm0_GJQ2FV6gzPp061Ho_vZQPjVxUpmtLT4YhuH95BcngfrPS_JyIq8KDXusnKuLgmqTykfG4bVc-J750l5WvDsxv9oSoAL2G2PUmX7HxX_yJ42llx1oapl3aSFYZrLE/s1080/The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG-Expansion-Rules-Feb6-2024-update-Binder-inside1-McAusland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1065" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiALI-zbJNpK0RHeMAxYsFuNe5dBndq1ShyJbqS6q5TFDG8GRWmHXsresdX53Fm0_GJQ2FV6gzPp061Ho_vZQPjVxUpmtLT4YhuH95BcngfrPS_JyIq8KDXusnKuLgmqTykfG4bVc-J750l5WvDsxv9oSoAL2G2PUmX7HxX_yJ42llx1oapl3aSFYZrLE/w395-h400/The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG-Expansion-Rules-Feb6-2024-update-Binder-inside1-McAusland.jpg" width="395" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3B-KpoWc09jmC6wAjsRjf5uQ-5RjKxZlE7F3HHdcq4DYR7ds3XqCiRSLXz6mwYFp9f2YL0dwanN86-eTE8XBx2n8P5c7QjULGcZqoahvjeLtNbr0e916HeBEKMQZqf4_ycMC0nEvVTSk6tSEi7c6BtqLT-c0srNyGKoOIfuONXMwKMMxsgY-iLESNKM/s1080/The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG-Expansion-Rules-Feb6-2024-update-Binder-inside2-McAusland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="875" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS3B-KpoWc09jmC6wAjsRjf5uQ-5RjKxZlE7F3HHdcq4DYR7ds3XqCiRSLXz6mwYFp9f2YL0dwanN86-eTE8XBx2n8P5c7QjULGcZqoahvjeLtNbr0e916HeBEKMQZqf4_ycMC0nEvVTSk6tSEi7c6BtqLT-c0srNyGKoOIfuONXMwKMMxsgY-iLESNKM/w324-h400/The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG-Expansion-Rules-Feb6-2024-update-Binder-inside2-McAusland.jpg" width="324" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSfCuR9Q1SEzytzUBmdDsuuCmGvXvZY40XKWWkbH0h36r-qbvGMjB6criyhcROWffWjuChHSGmIsKeH_zZ9kefDNVppVLYU0ZcW9Le0F26-z0aWg_asISLfnCFguYIC15vFalqbuAYq_riQ0M2RAQvt15ui3tqv9WhLCAJ-J8dlMVnNU2BaRiD7Dtt80/s1080/The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG-Expansion-Rules-Feb6-2024-update-Binder-inside3-McAusland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="904" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkSfCuR9Q1SEzytzUBmdDsuuCmGvXvZY40XKWWkbH0h36r-qbvGMjB6criyhcROWffWjuChHSGmIsKeH_zZ9kefDNVppVLYU0ZcW9Le0F26-z0aWg_asISLfnCFguYIC15vFalqbuAYq_riQ0M2RAQvt15ui3tqv9WhLCAJ-J8dlMVnNU2BaRiD7Dtt80/w335-h400/The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG-Expansion-Rules-Feb6-2024-update-Binder-inside3-McAusland.jpg" width="335" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkZw129UmCC2M8_-GIfIAPmFkGBqAkeocVyY3K-DfZwPBJjskt-FZlluUJzEd4ay1MRwgcHUHgWCiT-Bzn9NFAAcfcPnmG2nLX26EfY8DZY_hj8L1cIZBVTM2VyDzpmmviOB09k_ATCd2eb3v02nfs7xs8iD-8HWX5GDFdxVx_MrdQJIquu-2c3aD3J8/s1080/The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG-Expansion-Rules-Feb6-2024-update-Binder-Crossroads-McAusland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="670" data-original-width="1080" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkZw129UmCC2M8_-GIfIAPmFkGBqAkeocVyY3K-DfZwPBJjskt-FZlluUJzEd4ay1MRwgcHUHgWCiT-Bzn9NFAAcfcPnmG2nLX26EfY8DZY_hj8L1cIZBVTM2VyDzpmmviOB09k_ATCd2eb3v02nfs7xs8iD-8HWX5GDFdxVx_MrdQJIquu-2c3aD3J8/w400-h249/The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG-Expansion-Rules-Feb6-2024-update-Binder-Crossroads-McAusland.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><p><i>This old tax course binder is shown with a copy of the Crossroads Region Gazetteer for scale, which was our previous largest book at 448 pages. The Expansion rules book comes in at 530 pages once the index and back matter are inserted; 82 pages longer. Of course, these are single sided photocopies shown here, and a book will have half the paper thickness because pages are printed on both sides of the sheet.</i></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">PC Type Based Character Sheets</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5auCW2cj7YK0nrMtYojNwOsAmJHybLRE5sAAwTUNvjV_9HfKNwzj7uHGXBanPqhyNSbYRmu8NPp2TAD8LphPVmSAtFMxo_gqZhqNqNQQI8fdp2sq7nmInb9ZgcLUIJIs2BgkW6iKmm9L94ZWSic32VJkLI_U5V2r-gYMqc6zVin6e5gZGWaQDnngVIFE/s1080/The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG-Expansion-Rules-Feb6-2024-update-Character-Sheets-1-McAusland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="874" data-original-width="1080" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5auCW2cj7YK0nrMtYojNwOsAmJHybLRE5sAAwTUNvjV_9HfKNwzj7uHGXBanPqhyNSbYRmu8NPp2TAD8LphPVmSAtFMxo_gqZhqNqNQQI8fdp2sq7nmInb9ZgcLUIJIs2BgkW6iKmm9L94ZWSic32VJkLI_U5V2r-gYMqc6zVin6e5gZGWaQDnngVIFE/w400-h324/The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG-Expansion-Rules-Feb6-2024-update-Character-Sheets-1-McAusland.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><i>This first shot is of a stack of preliminary character creations using the current standard TME character sheet. From these, I designed all the new character sheets for the PC types found in the new book.</i></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFL6q4UemcbwSFIDF0aK1gBRTQgr2oDNtIOKn1_y0bSH3D0t66ikQWVeSZni2HzaTGSYi3HrAr6zw_wNkAqqPyg6_6v47H1xE4waUlKQDNzznD8sY0zhoiEnPHO5MymcfmUlz0r7i5GKrJ-6L217pw1dNE2qjjHueWTa1VPKHuSE5u-7ySyMN1HncP3c/s1080/The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG-Expansion-Rules-Feb6-2024-update-Character-Sheets-2-McAusland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="1080" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiFL6q4UemcbwSFIDF0aK1gBRTQgr2oDNtIOKn1_y0bSH3D0t66ikQWVeSZni2HzaTGSYi3HrAr6zw_wNkAqqPyg6_6v47H1xE4waUlKQDNzznD8sY0zhoiEnPHO5MymcfmUlz0r7i5GKrJ-6L217pw1dNE2qjjHueWTa1VPKHuSE5u-7ySyMN1HncP3c/w400-h236/The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG-Expansion-Rules-Feb6-2024-update-Character-Sheets-2-McAusland.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLZkt7w1dO39wIfsJM14ZKTGuwjD32516XD3GuMwN4Jhhkdq61aXAJ6jM1uUeEpOWBzfzn2hZ3xPRT2mCnw6rwD9vbhkI7mMm5t_g14m2OglWRg77AXenNFO1QoGXE5jk5YrO14SkifefCN8k2-EgX7Qc_bx-ohgCKqsUYaswJC0TTIjkeM69ya9HyV4/s1080/The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG-Expansion-Rules-Feb6-2024-update-Character-Sheets-3-McAusland.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1080" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLLZkt7w1dO39wIfsJM14ZKTGuwjD32516XD3GuMwN4Jhhkdq61aXAJ6jM1uUeEpOWBzfzn2hZ3xPRT2mCnw6rwD9vbhkI7mMm5t_g14m2OglWRg77AXenNFO1QoGXE5jk5YrO14SkifefCN8k2-EgX7Qc_bx-ohgCKqsUYaswJC0TTIjkeM69ya9HyV4/w400-h300/The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG-Expansion-Rules-Feb6-2024-update-Character-Sheets-3-McAusland.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><i> The New character sheets will be included in the new book but also available for free download from the book’s page and elsewhere. In the weeks after the release for the Expansion Rules, and as part of the promotions phase, I will make all these characters available as pre-gens, examples and npcs.</i></p><p><br /></p><p>In short, The Expansion Rules Book is coming together nicely, but it is far, far larger than I ever imagined. </p><p>I guess my biggest problem is that as far as my own creations go, even those involving a lot of input from other writers like the Expansion Rules book, is that I have an overdeveloped sense of optimism. I believe things are easier to pull off than they are, that things will just work out, that time, money, physical injuries, and the other ongoing blessings and tribulations of living a modern life will all cooperate with my creative goals. With this in mind, I won’t make any more predictions of when the book will be released until it’s done and all the aspects described further along in the is post are accomplished. It’s going to be a few more months yet for sure, even if I could do this one project 12 hours a day every day... a pace I often work at, but much of that is spent on freelance art as my ‘day job’. </p><p><br /></p><p>Keep in mind that the TME Expansion Rules book is actually written, and the layout is complete. Art, some late testing and a few edits, pdf internal linking, and other technical things are still to go. 90% of what needs to be done is just the remaining interior art, which is a knowable factor and a comfortable place to be in a vast, multi-year project.</p><p>And so as I push the release date along ahead of me like a plow truck drives snow in a blizzard, or I cease mentioning a date altogether to avoid further disappointing the Epochian community or failing to meet my own expectations, I can give you all the details. Details that I have never had before these last few weeks… </p><p><br /></p><h1 style="text-align: left;">Here are the numbers</h1><p><b>Total pages 530 pages</b></p><p><b>Total interior illustrations: 1224</b></p><p><b>Interior illustrations already completed and inserted into layout 396</b></p><p><b>Post layout illustrations yet to do: 828</b></p><p><span style="white-space: normal;"><i><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>And, as of Feb 7 2024…</i> </span></p><p><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Remaining new illustrations currently penciled: <b>105</b></span></p><p><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Remaining illustrations inked as of this afternoon: <b>75</b></span></p><p><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Remaining illustrations to pencil and later ink: <b>723 images to go</b>*.</span></p><p>*<i>How fast can I draw 723 spot illustrations? Hmmm, this keeps me up at night. Let’s think. As these are quite small and I am serving as the art director and artist, I can do these quickly, especially if I limit any background details and don’t go insane with details. So if I can do 10 a day, that’s 72.3 days work, or say two and half months.<br /><span> </span>If I only do 5 a day, then 5 months work. What about more? What about 15 drawn and inked images per day? Why, that’s only 48.2 days or nearly 2 months of work. Maybe if I post my daily illo counts here, with quick iPhone shots, and get some feedback, encouragement or communal shame, it might propel me. Thoughts? </i></p><p><br /></p><p>That ends the Summery point of this transmission. You can return to your bunkers.</p><p>WM</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now, for you Epochians who want to know what’s still be done, here is the list from my journal</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">The Expansion Rules chores:</h3><p>• Complete the digital cover</p><p>• Create a back cover image and paint that</p><p>• Write the introduction</p><p>• Create the Table of Contents</p><p>• Create the back index</p><p>• Proof the last section of the book and insert edits</p><p>• Pencil, ink and scan 824 inks (now only 723 images to go)</p><p>• Insert complete inks</p><p>• Create PDF version of the book</p><p>• Go through and link all page references, including a table of contents and index if possible.</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"> Related chores</h3><p>• Repair info@outlandarts.com email with gmail accounts [Completed Feb 3rd]</p><p>• Rebuild and Recover Outland Arts Insider Newsletter Mailing list</p><p>• Create Red-Ripper email joiner’s freebie PDF mutant beastie!</p><p>• Setup info@outlandarts.com mailing list with mailerlite</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Other Factors Involved in Completing The Expansion Rules</h2><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Cover Art</h3><p>The cover art is 90% done and just waiting for me to have a high energy, non-sore eye day to work I on the computer. Sure wish I had done this one in acrylics, but need each figure separated to later convert into playable, pre-gen characters and use their art for various marketing options, including banner ads. I’ll be doing all future book covers by hand using traditional media — mostly acrylic — on illustration board. I’ll chat about my cover painting process and reasons for not going digital in an upcoming post (hint: Full retinal detachment in my right eye has made doing digital art difficult and after two hours of the process painful).</p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Ongoing Play testing</h3><p>Besides my play testing, Danny Seedhouse has volunteers running the rules right now, too, and I’m getting precious feedback on that. There are a few other people that will also give it a look through before I push ‘publish’, although until the PDF linking and page number referencing are done, such a file would be difficult to navigate and really appreciate. </p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Social Media</h3><p>As many of you who follow me on Instagram, X, MeWe, Facebook, the TME forum or the TME blog probably realize, I’ve been almost absent on all those platforms for a few months now. I do try and check in every day, but either ‘post and ghost’ or just move on quickly to turn my attention to the drawing, inking and editing as soon as possible. Normally I’d spend a minimum of an hour a day on social media, both posting and replying… or mindlessly scrolling. Add that up over a week, a month or year and its a huge amount of time.</p><p><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Normally it’s time well spent, and I love my interactions and much of what I see out there, but right now the one thing the Epochian community wants from me more than anything is the Expansion Rules… not art from books from previous years. Soon, however, I’ll have a ton of all new art to post, among other stuff, and have the XR book to promote, and the time to relax a bit and properly join in.</span></p><p><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Hell, I might even up my game and do some long overdue YouTube videos, a live twitch stream ‘Drink and Draw’ among other things. In short, once the Expansion rules are published, and with a mailing list and newsletter reactivated, you’ll probably tire of my online presence! </span></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Recent Delays</h3><p>While I did over a hundred drawings for this book in January, and plenty of other book related tasks, January was mostly devoted to survival by meeting some very important client deadlines for Goodman Games, and promptly getting sick a few days after turning everything in.</p><p><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>February so far has been taken up by the flu, some inking, but mostly by counter-creative, non-game related problems and financial setbacks involving government and insurance company regulations, changes, crushing fees, and long hours on the phone. I will spare you the details, as these matters are ongoing, but they are eating up my hours and creativity, distracting me from focused work time and keeping me up at night with worry.</span></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Recession 2024</h3><p>I know I’m not alone in this, in this challenging time, and that many of you are feeling the crush of inflation and a recession that everybody feels but few speak of. A grocery shop to Costco that used to cost $400 is now $600 for almost the same cart of stuff, for example. Because things are tight, I’ve had to take on more client work than normal to keep bills paid, and keep Prince John’s and his tax collectors at bay. Our fridge dying didn’t help matters around here and being without it for 3 weeks while we wait for parts has been an added challenge for us all.</p><p><span style="white-space: normal;"><span style="white-space: pre;"> </span>As this book project nears its conclusion in the coming months, I half expect things to get harder, with more roadblocks, unforeseen and unrelated interruptions, and other issues to rush in from the sidelines to tackle us. My optimism remains strong, holding the actual printed binder of the completed layout has made this book real, and the excitement to finally share it widely is rocket fuel.</span></p><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">The Future</h3><p>I can tell a project is nearly done because my mind leaps ahead to the next thing. The biggest thing, which is on my mind as a fall asleep and the first creative thing I obsess over when I wake up is the Mutant Epoch novel series. That’s going to be 80% of what I do the day after the Expansion Rules are out the door. Besides the fiction, there are other things as far as TME go that I am focused on. Here are a few I can share:</p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Third Party TME license</b></p><p><b><br /></b>Want to create and sell your own supplements and books for The Mutant Epoch RPG? Soon you can. So long as your supplement, adventure, gazetteer or whatever requires the use of the TME Hub Rules, and we approve of the sample-pre-release copy you send us, and adhere to our upcoming, very open minded third party publishers license, you can post, promote and sell your own content for The Mutant Epoch RPG. Outland Arts will even help promote your creations, so start crafting your own ruin crawls, critters, relics and whatnots, now.<br /><span> </span><span> </span>Oh, but please, no Ai art. I’d rather see a creator’s own stick man drawings or beginner’s art than Ai stuff. Perhaps we could set up a directory of TME artists that you could enlist from within the community, or heck, I could even be drafted to do a little something for you or set up a stock art section only for proven TME 3rd party publishers, or recruited for silver, whiskey, relics, or other trades. We’ll make it work, and then promote the hell outa your publication.</p><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><b>Nuke Tower</b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><br /></b>Although I haven’t posted the poll yet — between either publishing ‘Nuke Tower’ or a book that combines all the One Day digs (plus a few all new ones) — but from what I’ve heard so far is that people want the 5th rank adventure ‘Nuke Tower’ next. This adventure is already written, and it’s a biggie, too, at 200+ pages with several parts, lots of NPCs and high stakes. It just needs art, a cover and the rough maps converted to finished maps. </div><p><br /></p><p>Well, that’s it for this massive update. Going to go ink some muties now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Comment and share.</p><p>Regards,<br />William McAusland </p><p><br /></p><p>PS. Did you know I sell original art? I've got a huge gallery of work for various publishers, but mostly Goodman Games. Even if you're not a collector, you can still see what I've been up to and what I do for my day job: <a href="https://www.outlandarts.com/mcauslandart4sale.htm">https://www.outlandarts.com/mcauslandart4sale.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitw9Q0UVayQUnjW1Iaw94JQnzOiFAzVipD6Nu6OZg4wM512Q0PcLSbf3ZebLJ39CVYp9vZR0hvXoin-iP_RbaNaYygYiww6n3ugrZ6XYAEBlJL8yLeTRunFayYdzdNxC4iHGq0KlQxr-GhBEpMC6YHF4spOybMhFsCTfznegHFSp6g1csd0h3m_b_DfQY/s640/IMG_2924.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitw9Q0UVayQUnjW1Iaw94JQnzOiFAzVipD6Nu6OZg4wM512Q0PcLSbf3ZebLJ39CVYp9vZR0hvXoin-iP_RbaNaYygYiww6n3ugrZ6XYAEBlJL8yLeTRunFayYdzdNxC4iHGq0KlQxr-GhBEpMC6YHF4spOybMhFsCTfznegHFSp6g1csd0h3m_b_DfQY/s320/IMG_2924.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><div><br /></div>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-14487242040797054572023-12-28T11:33:00.000-08:002023-12-28T11:33:04.980-08:00Season's Greetings, Epochians! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqEWQzy2FDptR2xKv3xGHbUkUksFAOCfq2HyQR2VBqd6rkPlZV97nCLZXGyH9QCBmQfVGgaNe_SLl3NXSWIY9aNWo1WWj2rBZbfusgcoTx9kP5AX63mz45OOwNSdOGYQiUJ1OXzPkjoo-AhBOb7mKg2W2LgaT3q8cct1nX4aOjgyPMVvUal7fVnvch1Y/s864/Seasons-Greetings-snowy-little-trees-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="864" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqEWQzy2FDptR2xKv3xGHbUkUksFAOCfq2HyQR2VBqd6rkPlZV97nCLZXGyH9QCBmQfVGgaNe_SLl3NXSWIY9aNWo1WWj2rBZbfusgcoTx9kP5AX63mz45OOwNSdOGYQiUJ1OXzPkjoo-AhBOb7mKg2W2LgaT3q8cct1nX4aOjgyPMVvUal7fVnvch1Y/w400-h300/Seasons-Greetings-snowy-little-trees-web.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Season's Greetings, Epochians! I'm posting this a bit late, but it's still the holidays and our tree is still up! This has been one of eh busiest Christmas seasons I've had in a while, and couldn't get near the studio. Lesson learned. <p></p><p><br /></p><p>In the future, I need to have all my Christmas well wishing done far in advance! </p><p><br /></p><p>I'll be posting an update on the Expansion Rules soon (late last night I completed the last of the new Character sheet designs for the Digital Being type, and that wraps up all the layout. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now to get it proof printed again, complete another round of edits on the last quarter of the book and start the hundred or so tiny interior illustration slots).</p><p><br /></p><p> My mind is already turning to the next book so watch for a poll someplace here soon as you get to decide on us doing Nuke Tower (5th rank Multi-path and vast adventure in the Great Ruins near Pitford) or a compendium style book showcasing all the One Day Digs plus two to 5 never before seen short adventures). </p><p>Back to the drawing table and my cold coffee!</p><p> All the best to you, WM<br /></p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-24486571119906919712023-11-30T22:02:00.000-08:002023-11-30T22:02:38.357-08:00Drawings from an emerging artist<p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFVfMVNrqeuuNUJJpN3BDLu772aqhzALtEQpYdO0yybsP6RPdsPaSe0G4cPU78xQYSYjdGU7_2dW3XkiiCQkzN8tZj1-4BkFAHcRR10sH7g5MdNwwNZloRVoTOui1mP4u_lz6E2x5Mcq9A_6M6h0FfWmrlmoYpGQzwfxOz_3ymFr3b95eNvtzboSfsXkQ/s744/Avalon-Pencil-Art-November-2023-Mutant-FOreleg-Runner-Lizard-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="744" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFVfMVNrqeuuNUJJpN3BDLu772aqhzALtEQpYdO0yybsP6RPdsPaSe0G4cPU78xQYSYjdGU7_2dW3XkiiCQkzN8tZj1-4BkFAHcRR10sH7g5MdNwwNZloRVoTOui1mP4u_lz6E2x5Mcq9A_6M6h0FfWmrlmoYpGQzwfxOz_3ymFr3b95eNvtzboSfsXkQ/w400-h400/Avalon-Pencil-Art-November-2023-Mutant-FOreleg-Runner-Lizard-web.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCyrGYSqvkAGIpJevMEL-8mBku-aJDl3K2OikWSe6tei2q0z6wtRs6uASKL5LTWODQLxXe-vjs9-kLX1HU85wcg0QNfH-PzZ8okEuXHM3Ty6_CR2jNtPTopByoQf83Tg4u87sNH656dXl8RZKpDsOGxtP_nexrdrG9Dz-8dAX-fim7t1hJnUklHCc47g/s683/Avalon-Pencil-Art-November-2023-Mutant-Horse-Thing-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="683" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeCyrGYSqvkAGIpJevMEL-8mBku-aJDl3K2OikWSe6tei2q0z6wtRs6uASKL5LTWODQLxXe-vjs9-kLX1HU85wcg0QNfH-PzZ8okEuXHM3Ty6_CR2jNtPTopByoQf83Tg4u87sNH656dXl8RZKpDsOGxtP_nexrdrG9Dz-8dAX-fim7t1hJnUklHCc47g/w400-h400/Avalon-Pencil-Art-November-2023-Mutant-Horse-Thing-web.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Looks like we got a new artist for The Mutant Epoch RPG. These graphite drawings are from my youngest daughter, who has a remarkable way of making the creepiest mutie nightmares to the most epic dragons, wolves and deer. I was drawing stick men at her age... so look for more of her work in upcoming products from Outland Arts, and perhaps other companies, too!<p></p><p>Okay, back to work on the Expansion Rules 2nd layout attempt! Page 141 of 500. WM</p><p>#pencil #sketch #monster #creature #graphiteart #conceptart #artist #mutantepoch #themutantepoch #roleplayinggame #RPG #ttrpg #apocalyptic #postapocalyptic #outlandsystem #outlandarts #mutants #mutant #epoch #tabletoprpg #gaming #tabletopgame #indiegame #gamer like #gammaworld or #fallout or #mutantcrawlclassics #gameart #scifi #art</p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-49325979763446138892023-11-24T15:01:00.000-08:002023-11-24T15:01:23.071-08:00 40% off The Mutant Epoch PDFs!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MIc3FAdJ2xRz11sHCxHMI0etmrX6eYODmpwr5imNkrf7V7PuaJliPwqybZbT2u_viVtesfGWUVtMDkz2y9OM9CnIzrBoFCJEjRGhWdSomeaJoXykwNMuolTZOU5nvw0KCAKAbwlzWHQPsZEe3yJdjY0YIG-nuCwQJ6imulyWu8wLt3-C07ErjYNIdbk/s864/The_Mutant-Epoch-drivethrurpg-Blackfriday-sale-page2023-12inch-10inch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="705" data-original-width="864" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MIc3FAdJ2xRz11sHCxHMI0etmrX6eYODmpwr5imNkrf7V7PuaJliPwqybZbT2u_viVtesfGWUVtMDkz2y9OM9CnIzrBoFCJEjRGhWdSomeaJoXykwNMuolTZOU5nvw0KCAKAbwlzWHQPsZEe3yJdjY0YIG-nuCwQJ6imulyWu8wLt3-C07ErjYNIdbk/w400-h326/The_Mutant-Epoch-drivethrurpg-Blackfriday-sale-page2023-12inch-10inch.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><b><i>40% off The Mutant Epoch PDFs!</i></b></p><p><b><i>From Now until the end of Cyber Monday, grab all our PDFs at a huge 40% Black Friday savings at drivethrurpg.com</i></b></p><p><a href="https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/90414/the-mutant-epoch">https://preview.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/90414/the-mutant-epoch</a></p><p>#blackfriday #cybermonday #sale #mutantepoch #themutantepoch #roleplayinggame #RPG #ttrpg #apocalyptic #postapocalyptic #outlandsystem #outlandarts #mutants #mutant #epoch #tabletoprpg #gaming #tabletopgame #indiegame #gamer like #gammaworld or #fallout or #mutantcrawlclassics #gameart #scifi</p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-31827716703548221382023-11-11T22:52:00.000-08:002023-11-11T22:52:53.168-08:00Check it out and say hello: A discovery and mention of The Mutant Epoch<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLa95vjkdwPpAuEgzPklVXcFw6BIqrI8wKc4KMrvsIMXJ6obw2ov-jMpUFKMNogHjivlY3Dd1xsSRnh99ThnLCrRxoDqDIx1RaO_A3jw_S-4o2khU9klDdXrDZN1ZSFJwKbj83X1Wa3pC-WFWHDHbFbBrOmzlPW_FJxafSiZmqReFvq_Ixr5A-XCeC7Q/s864/The-Mutant-Epoch-Deathstalker-V-Nov-2023-YouTube-remarks-screenshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="864" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQLa95vjkdwPpAuEgzPklVXcFw6BIqrI8wKc4KMrvsIMXJ6obw2ov-jMpUFKMNogHjivlY3Dd1xsSRnh99ThnLCrRxoDqDIx1RaO_A3jw_S-4o2khU9klDdXrDZN1ZSFJwKbj83X1Wa3pC-WFWHDHbFbBrOmzlPW_FJxafSiZmqReFvq_Ixr5A-XCeC7Q/w400-h279/The-Mutant-Epoch-Deathstalker-V-Nov-2023-YouTube-remarks-screenshot.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN_Cfsqh8As">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN_Cfsqh8As</a></p><p>Thanks To Steve P. for not only directing me to Deathstalker V’s video of this, but for kindly sending him a stack of books! Deathstalker V talks about several topics in this show, but if you want to just catch The Mutant Epoch discussion, and his enthusiasm to check it out, the timestamp is 7:00 to 18:37.</p><p>I enjoyed the entire show and liked and subscribed to his channel. If you watch it, and enjoyed his keen appraisal on what he’s seen so far, why not leave a comment with the video there and let him know how welcoming, creative and cool the Epochian community is! I should get him a copy of Dog Daze to review, since he likes solo play tabletop RPGs so much! What do you all think?</p><p>All the best, and now... back to the updates, edits and late stage unexpected changes for The Expansion Rules. Nothing can stop this project, and while I don’t know when it will be ready for release, it is happening. I still have over a hundred small interior inks to illustrate, and redo the entire layout, so November is looking as impossible as me growing back my hair on my head, but December is a different story…</p><p> I’ll make more frequent updates as we get closer. Sure, you can’t see the train just yet, but you can hear its whistle call from around the bend.</p><p>WM</p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-79180641437291602652023-10-27T18:46:00.002-07:002023-10-27T18:46:45.657-07:00Goodman Games Cover I did recently,<p><span style="background-color: white;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #1d9bf0; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-oqodnUxFN9mQbKfjf8Iz3SyjEx_w3tGunHxi9SYaETIa_eRc549MtM5BQ_lqczLgdqDcSPJCPAWsrd8jvw52JwHOrJaVh78dg7you3h_hoUkM27oRPYx5RYlFusyTNy6t4GnjxNd7CMyrJHpLXkoAlHyVvw27mzEBMifZTkHIZFxlK5jVDz7qPXxDEQ/s1790/Grimtooths-Old-School-Traps-Cover-Goodman-McAusland-150dpi-screen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1470" data-original-width="1790" height="329" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-oqodnUxFN9mQbKfjf8Iz3SyjEx_w3tGunHxi9SYaETIa_eRc549MtM5BQ_lqczLgdqDcSPJCPAWsrd8jvw52JwHOrJaVh78dg7you3h_hoUkM27oRPYx5RYlFusyTNy6t4GnjxNd7CMyrJHpLXkoAlHyVvw27mzEBMifZTkHIZFxlK5jVDz7qPXxDEQ/w400-h329/Grimtooths-Old-School-Traps-Cover-Goodman-McAusland-150dpi-screen.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p> I did a recent cover for Goodman Games. Besides being a freelancer
as my day job, I am very proud to work with them, and feel that I am
part of a family over there. Check it out:
https://goodman-games.com/blog/2023/10/27/revealing-the-cover-art-for-grimtooths-old-school-traps/<br />
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Doing some late stage character generation testing on the upcoming Expansion Rules. Need to design the new character sheets for all the new PC types. Re-do the layout again as it was heading to a 600 page book! Cant be much more than 500 pages. My God, man!<p></p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-71077799036594459442023-10-17T22:27:00.004-07:002023-10-17T22:27:52.891-07:00Me at the Outland Arts Booth Kamcon23<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-pRC_ZttJgA4TeLBPZSwUi4Rba_tiAmRNfI_3SDHWi0XIbCwU48_YCXyhwWEPREXXNxHJZcUattU0O_TBpoV1GpEtYFMKn_DSqLGAeQkEE12GKnqRuSeoH1tvTk-Qdk3MBrKxNIzvk7a3wE-owTB7H4Wxk8da88t-Hg4-bWfGhOQXFXebhK-wEzLXr8c/s640/William-McAusland-OutlandArts-booth-Kamcon2023b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-pRC_ZttJgA4TeLBPZSwUi4Rba_tiAmRNfI_3SDHWi0XIbCwU48_YCXyhwWEPREXXNxHJZcUattU0O_TBpoV1GpEtYFMKn_DSqLGAeQkEE12GKnqRuSeoH1tvTk-Qdk3MBrKxNIzvk7a3wE-owTB7H4Wxk8da88t-Hg4-bWfGhOQXFXebhK-wEzLXr8c/w400-h300/William-McAusland-OutlandArts-booth-Kamcon2023b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>The Outland Arts Booth from Kamcon23 in Kamloops, BC, Canada. And there I stand waiting to answer questions like “Is this like D&D?”</p><p>Actually, while sales were regrettably low, and I think the recession has really bitten into people’s spending habits, interest was high and a lot of gamers discovered The Mutant Epoch for the first time. Thanks to Danny Seedhouse for rolling up characters and running TME all weekend, and Kevin and the other drafted volunteers for helping watch the booth or set up and take down the display. We’ll be back bigger and better next year in the same corner. And thanks also go to all the organizers and volunteers for #kamcon. They, like the convention attendees and other vendors, were fantastic!</p><p><a href="https://www.kamloopsconventions.ca/ ">https://www.kamloopsconventions.ca/ </a></p><p><br /></p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-10082879742541907492023-10-12T23:50:00.001-07:002023-10-12T23:50:29.780-07:00Kamcon23 in Kamloops BC<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9kkgmN2Z_fHzvLXNRX2w1Tc2R9SU33LCQh0XtAxGgHJGwjrxFr9ChqOwaW3Onypuh1-35ZXMly7eKRrxe9P_mFL6Nh5vJLiTeAMqek98TfZxVDMca9GUCtDWkhosrGanMAKTtN0rqwIrBSqCw9GRJseK4gEoZf69wuDWydX-wmTnkEWSL0KH963MN9N4/s500/Kamcon%20Logo-design.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9kkgmN2Z_fHzvLXNRX2w1Tc2R9SU33LCQh0XtAxGgHJGwjrxFr9ChqOwaW3Onypuh1-35ZXMly7eKRrxe9P_mFL6Nh5vJLiTeAMqek98TfZxVDMca9GUCtDWkhosrGanMAKTtN0rqwIrBSqCw9GRJseK4gEoZf69wuDWydX-wmTnkEWSL0KH963MN9N4/w400-h400/Kamcon%20Logo-design.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Hey, for any of you The Mutant Epoch players, and fantasy art fans, in the Kamloops area this weekend, and buying a pass to Kamcon23, make sure you come by our booth and say hello. Maybe you'll get a chance flip through the preliminary binder copy of the TME Expansion Rules!<p></p><p><a href="https://www.kamloopsconventions.ca/"><br /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZuv3_GtzrFRNG2hwVCBNb6NNIllUBX3CFVgiGMCKbCbEDEPj1Br97Mu5SjFaXb1KDl1WA9LJoTGW8lD7Cz72wjODZ80tjBdVZlAAioCfR5rGETh9zazAUfN0I0G24Ruqdj4n5OntOcnuD8yu2NrgmsYOxBNHaexOzktsDlQtWVmzvTzSoXZmtVSwbd8/s734/FantasyClipInks-Dungeon-Portals-DP-1-5-Gate-Under-the-MountainKamcon-2023-close-up-72dpi-screen.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="648" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRZuv3_GtzrFRNG2hwVCBNb6NNIllUBX3CFVgiGMCKbCbEDEPj1Br97Mu5SjFaXb1KDl1WA9LJoTGW8lD7Cz72wjODZ80tjBdVZlAAioCfR5rGETh9zazAUfN0I0G24Ruqdj4n5OntOcnuD8yu2NrgmsYOxBNHaexOzktsDlQtWVmzvTzSoXZmtVSwbd8/w354-h400/FantasyClipInks-Dungeon-Portals-DP-1-5-Gate-Under-the-MountainKamcon-2023-close-up-72dpi-screen.jpg" width="354" /></a></div><br /><br />https://www.kamloopsconventions.ca/ @kamcon_conventions<p></p><p>Fri, Oct 13, 6:00 p.m. - Sun, Oct 15, 8:00 p.m. PDT</p><p>KamCon 2023 at Thompson Rivers University (TRU Campus Activity Centre)</p><p>1055 University Drive, Kamloops, British Columbia</p><p><br /></p><p>A picture from last year's booth....</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNJ9LgHcHATm0Yvwk8RZoz0b5zBQf4Suk6FdKwuiecR5-fvvnNnIiYDBQ9rFrqJRlcKSKW-afou0ImTJLYQPNIe2q_6Dkh4niSABxRrvlqtjIlVUoj8wV9CIRDhhTlPc5soitEgvJ70hlb8_BdYZTrQP06Vu_XPy9U_BXLLtKYOcdZ8GqxfE0qI6Ol-0/s800/OutlandArts_1692304495.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNNJ9LgHcHATm0Yvwk8RZoz0b5zBQf4Suk6FdKwuiecR5-fvvnNnIiYDBQ9rFrqJRlcKSKW-afou0ImTJLYQPNIe2q_6Dkh4niSABxRrvlqtjIlVUoj8wV9CIRDhhTlPc5soitEgvJ70hlb8_BdYZTrQP06Vu_XPy9U_BXLLtKYOcdZ8GqxfE0qI6Ol-0/w400-h300/OutlandArts_1692304495.webp" width="400" /></a></div><p></p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-47927763696944918582023-10-06T00:57:00.000-07:002023-10-06T00:57:00.376-07:00First proof pages of the TME Expansion Rules arrived<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKkmiL67vVrhzKsbAcLLVbF_Du5dK1HTAj__2aZ8CD2Ia6JTV6qGxdwTzlOuCJeaFEjPiwkb5K8R5rh9sGNsbj33gh75n28GjJkbk-_AqG9BYT2EqHmDNJnO61Z8IMMTwJnOhJal4waW4K29pxTcUfjp7BJJ_8NP82As_cqLxsVuQQi9C0FAGrmM_n00/s640/IMG_2608.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="628" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKkmiL67vVrhzKsbAcLLVbF_Du5dK1HTAj__2aZ8CD2Ia6JTV6qGxdwTzlOuCJeaFEjPiwkb5K8R5rh9sGNsbj33gh75n28GjJkbk-_AqG9BYT2EqHmDNJnO61Z8IMMTwJnOhJal4waW4K29pxTcUfjp7BJJ_8NP82As_cqLxsVuQQi9C0FAGrmM_n00/w393-h400/IMG_2608.jpg" width="393" /></a></div><p>First 70 pages of this 450+ page book arrived. Doesn’t look like much but this is a huge step in getting The Mutant Epoch Expansion Rules book completed! Still have well over a hundred tiny interior illustrations and a few full pagers to do, but it’s going well. Will be playtesting new character types at Kamcon23 here in Kamloops this month!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.outlandarts.com/expansionrules.htm">https://www.outlandarts.com/expansionrules.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-60244746872163398912023-09-23T22:00:00.008-07:002023-09-23T22:00:54.646-07:00Lac La Jeune Camping<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-rn3OrLBd1NbSoGTdoQRfL063-du5osvdMnrBj4vf7WXPIMQ2VoyM0WlX1xFLcWjK8IfqiXALRAR40v3dtY8-NPOBz3e_N3Fus0qJi_lgeIy06xmW8pmChfkd6g29W8r_gLNTpkyS_jbzp9QDfg2SgetcKES54GMVUVbj2FR_8xaLeJIKZC3F0nWNpA/s640/IMG_2536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT-rn3OrLBd1NbSoGTdoQRfL063-du5osvdMnrBj4vf7WXPIMQ2VoyM0WlX1xFLcWjK8IfqiXALRAR40v3dtY8-NPOBz3e_N3Fus0qJi_lgeIy06xmW8pmChfkd6g29W8r_gLNTpkyS_jbzp9QDfg2SgetcKES54GMVUVbj2FR_8xaLeJIKZC3F0nWNpA/w300-h400/IMG_2536.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnkJuHTBfIHjiFmgcdVGss_ybvlfXPQTjSZBygu5RdWI9H4CmJTej2PC_i_Dx5F2jj8x0CDVZxfJfEcHzM87XrsGjQem8IfpOz9GQqg8ZkT6SEIE32caBaMtnb73J37bUAlGAW7j-vF-mvTFH3WWc30tNykb7k-v_3l_xMzVCg1q_t9Ea4m5FX7SnKAg/s640/IMG_2534.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRnkJuHTBfIHjiFmgcdVGss_ybvlfXPQTjSZBygu5RdWI9H4CmJTej2PC_i_Dx5F2jj8x0CDVZxfJfEcHzM87XrsGjQem8IfpOz9GQqg8ZkT6SEIE32caBaMtnb73J37bUAlGAW7j-vF-mvTFH3WWc30tNykb7k-v_3l_xMzVCg1q_t9Ea4m5FX7SnKAg/w300-h400/IMG_2534.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA6IeQrbGFgICVC_6SxuNbLJEaRpTxrD-w1xUmHKcKF3Z2tItiL7iFrkg4oBpv6j25lt_TS0H1b9BvKB4NYqC_Wrwd5dQNWh81UAFiX4e60i_QvWnXeAu-keBAaH85G3UPFwSHrUh9ANjGg8heapfYnkjOSFGr9A3q8PVChkrLpaw_KiTKanwipJHE7ys/s640/IMG_2525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA6IeQrbGFgICVC_6SxuNbLJEaRpTxrD-w1xUmHKcKF3Z2tItiL7iFrkg4oBpv6j25lt_TS0H1b9BvKB4NYqC_Wrwd5dQNWh81UAFiX4e60i_QvWnXeAu-keBAaH85G3UPFwSHrUh9ANjGg8heapfYnkjOSFGr9A3q8PVChkrLpaw_KiTKanwipJHE7ys/w400-h300/IMG_2525.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYBJ6hE9FuFnZnpKd5Sx-E-IX5DolaA_RBKWiCDTBU1OIx3I_-bvHG1KCQ1hxUo8bAiuAx6wbwCq_SZBXewTIZz8ObnBT0fSlfcBA-PsvXh_TZCeSWRW4cHEpBd2AiLXEcjAYVZlgm_jW0YXFSJ74w5KfpHZ4DLK0lrSO92CDbwiuueC637b6sLjtbyg/s640/IMG_2521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxYBJ6hE9FuFnZnpKd5Sx-E-IX5DolaA_RBKWiCDTBU1OIx3I_-bvHG1KCQ1hxUo8bAiuAx6wbwCq_SZBXewTIZz8ObnBT0fSlfcBA-PsvXh_TZCeSWRW4cHEpBd2AiLXEcjAYVZlgm_jW0YXFSJ74w5KfpHZ4DLK0lrSO92CDbwiuueC637b6sLjtbyg/w300-h400/IMG_2521.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>A couple of weekends ago my wife and I got away for a great little camp trip to Lac La Jeune, British Columbia. Hot during the day and frigid at night, but fabulous.</p><p><a href="https://www.outlandarts.com/expansionrules.htm">https://www.outlandarts.com/expansionrules.htm</a></p><p><br /></p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-46296208750944107212023-09-02T14:46:00.000-07:002023-09-02T14:46:09.495-07:00 Inkorama and morning coffee<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjpIRcE8VtDRL3DJOdYikr4xGAUroR6USodSOQDgnfulf09mXZt7x4O7j-6KrESUZRh_jaeJWBkuLoK4YwKds7Opv8kPekbBiIMpK7Ugf_BeNAm4zZ7YYcrDHXh-6ZMF596lJaZDMNt0sMQA526ywrI95ChE5mwTPwwHG8kpv5kgNAOBOc_m7543RGhQ/s640/IMG_2487.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcjpIRcE8VtDRL3DJOdYikr4xGAUroR6USodSOQDgnfulf09mXZt7x4O7j-6KrESUZRh_jaeJWBkuLoK4YwKds7Opv8kPekbBiIMpK7Ugf_BeNAm4zZ7YYcrDHXh-6ZMF596lJaZDMNt0sMQA526ywrI95ChE5mwTPwwHG8kpv5kgNAOBOc_m7543RGhQ/w300-h400/IMG_2487.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzsdGAX0Z4Wodc00X_mVK-yXhcmSVbxAPRJMrAQNW-xNiqoOt8aMWwTJPwyBLW_dzp1QK5ZO9atO4BzHEbTFRkfW7iZ1km4QC2NUDZoWVX4Ym8liboygzcFfFFlz8-RjxgRWs9KGUi5Gh0wpG3p-smsm2-ikHyjTBs8b6aKDp_meQ1fKZbP-PFLwdECmI/s640/IMG_2488.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzsdGAX0Z4Wodc00X_mVK-yXhcmSVbxAPRJMrAQNW-xNiqoOt8aMWwTJPwyBLW_dzp1QK5ZO9atO4BzHEbTFRkfW7iZ1km4QC2NUDZoWVX4Ym8liboygzcFfFFlz8-RjxgRWs9KGUi5Gh0wpG3p-smsm2-ikHyjTBs8b6aKDp_meQ1fKZbP-PFLwdECmI/w300-h400/IMG_2488.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeSnhg1U1Zy3X0JsgW64nc4H2NeUszpdWWp7utT4HMts2TKSilIEqlo3rUVahbBqKp-eizVwNk7GAvmcdfpYh-6OU6mOe_MyCzK0XeYJYvgtMXB0zraZwbygPrDv4LhE5X8Iy5QSkY13TkxG4UANdgp0UtsJPNRPbHdp16DMqR98EeacHYFaPcuOsHdno/s640/IMG_2489.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeSnhg1U1Zy3X0JsgW64nc4H2NeUszpdWWp7utT4HMts2TKSilIEqlo3rUVahbBqKp-eizVwNk7GAvmcdfpYh-6OU6mOe_MyCzK0XeYJYvgtMXB0zraZwbygPrDv4LhE5X8Iy5QSkY13TkxG4UANdgp0UtsJPNRPbHdp16DMqR98EeacHYFaPcuOsHdno/w300-h400/IMG_2489.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWya0LIt0g6aojquyAuG6TxDF-JQ-YwqlF1yY7ADe-DQSvHk7_up0xeLdt5KRjI-cp3PZMXcpnOahArwDzwOoyOPTLBUBrkmPGe4bqyh_bbvhbDYAJhemaNl8rBqKnowlWFVzWefqrMPY5Y2rUC9qxXjX6uFCF__vnVYtaRToEcTX9uSxkgVCJArJ0EkU/s640/IMG_2490.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWya0LIt0g6aojquyAuG6TxDF-JQ-YwqlF1yY7ADe-DQSvHk7_up0xeLdt5KRjI-cp3PZMXcpnOahArwDzwOoyOPTLBUBrkmPGe4bqyh_bbvhbDYAJhemaNl8rBqKnowlWFVzWefqrMPY5Y2rUC9qxXjX6uFCF__vnVYtaRToEcTX9uSxkgVCJArJ0EkU/w300-h400/IMG_2490.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-OKNnFVXLJym7j7_uq4KBGqBrMDWRTOt_3Upl5hZsmUeNu2wvN76cvW7a8Gcd4yN5Dh3iJxMjVy-S1MhLFXe7RXJX3Vgu2A__v8L57I8JLdTDV4MCIFKF3CBvOYbX-Giw_xausSEykWI48qBmij28PD-CBGe_wBV_yOEqJXdV4PlpG7bIMWEpwiYWZWk/s640/IMG_2491.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-OKNnFVXLJym7j7_uq4KBGqBrMDWRTOt_3Upl5hZsmUeNu2wvN76cvW7a8Gcd4yN5Dh3iJxMjVy-S1MhLFXe7RXJX3Vgu2A__v8L57I8JLdTDV4MCIFKF3CBvOYbX-Giw_xausSEykWI48qBmij28PD-CBGe_wBV_yOEqJXdV4PlpG7bIMWEpwiYWZWk/w300-h400/IMG_2491.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><p>Got to enjoy these last few weeks of warm weather before the frost and snow return to Kamloops. Progress on The Mutant Epoch Expansion Rules are going well. Can hardly wait to share all these fine freaks with the Epochian community!</p><p><a href="https://www.outlandarts.com/expansionrules.htm">https://www.outlandarts.com/expansionrules.htm</a></p><p><br /></p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-76587876598084371142023-08-24T17:16:00.000-07:002023-08-24T17:16:36.501-07:00TME Expansion Rules Update August 24 2023<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmol13Ps7YqnLlE9ShcgttdbzrA1OQ2dLy36kQPqQ2ZrlVD1xXoQhB4qiKsm8Cy7Y-BWOUBhNCIwM6sGpjczM2qSXFrJeP4ukA_yc5dT15uqGMowEKzkcdbBLv4y8tNK1YAa-f5PCU7MnVWxShYLHN1KBkhpoiQtQajvZOrsYLqsijhMoIk5BJSXjous/s640/Starbucks-coffee-cup-Kamloops-August-2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWmol13Ps7YqnLlE9ShcgttdbzrA1OQ2dLy36kQPqQ2ZrlVD1xXoQhB4qiKsm8Cy7Y-BWOUBhNCIwM6sGpjczM2qSXFrJeP4ukA_yc5dT15uqGMowEKzkcdbBLv4y8tNK1YAa-f5PCU7MnVWxShYLHN1KBkhpoiQtQajvZOrsYLqsijhMoIk5BJSXjous/w300-h400/Starbucks-coffee-cup-Kamloops-August-2023.jpg" width="300" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode"><div dir="ltr">
<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’m writing this on my IPhone at a Starbucks after shopping for a
relative. This little ritual of sitting in this window seat is part of my
recalibration from the reality of traffic, Costco shoppers, grocery
stores and a few homeless beggars. A place to reset and turn my mind
back to the creative mix of a few freelance illustration gigs and the
ongoing, seemingly never ending work on the <b>TME Expansion Rule</b>s.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Oh, but it’s not<i> ‘Never Ending’</i>, because I have been getting so
much done on this massive, much anticipated source book for The Mutant
Epoch Role-Playing Game. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">When I’m not penciling the interior art, I’m inking the stacks of
ready images, or working on the cover figures, or pressing on with the
pre-art layout. And no wonder this has taken 7 years to get to this
late stage in the project, the book is gonna be way bigger than the TME
Hub Rules book at 450 +/- pages, with more, bigger and better art, and
extra touches. The Hub Rules were 246 pages, and also took 7 years to
put together. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrt7-ShYK02xLW9F9_QtkUTPBT49Khwmjhbs5rbsUSKTKamwEO-Q4tezeso3z37dvwQcyWiWLsQnH5u3-8B7xYBljuoNfCDk59kEm6OcdYTxwY5r773AR4MzO2FC2MVhKlqE-k5nAxysTVo045Yc7yAjQBiARBZcE1-gbdiC0ZgW3hbF_vbyVFjCZgBl4/s640/The-Mutant-Epoch-Expansion-Rules-August2023-Art-promo-Inking3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrt7-ShYK02xLW9F9_QtkUTPBT49Khwmjhbs5rbsUSKTKamwEO-Q4tezeso3z37dvwQcyWiWLsQnH5u3-8B7xYBljuoNfCDk59kEm6OcdYTxwY5r773AR4MzO2FC2MVhKlqE-k5nAxysTVo045Yc7yAjQBiARBZcE1-gbdiC0ZgW3hbF_vbyVFjCZgBl4/w300-h400/The-Mutant-Epoch-Expansion-Rules-August2023-Art-promo-Inking3.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anyway, I’m in the last 10% on this book. And with the mountain
summit and completion </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">within sight, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">my drive to see this
done only makes me work harder. Aiming for a fall release with a
single play test proof to be printed (without all the interior art even
done) for a Kamcon23 here in Kamloops in the middle of October. Impossible? Especially impossible because I need this proof sent to the printer about two or three weeks before I can get it mailed back... shit, who knows. I will try and keep you posted here on the blog.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOor1vBrr9yjNwnF_JvC6BgBExR_IhsQEttmUGtUYrC8hxu5-xUanAWPuDEE3UZ5v6XVsBs1y4upCSKhFzCtj7TRUq_oTcVXrRcsN7ua04dDVmC76EMkNt51e5VL5R38BGj5JqGo7leVbieF_bEtsZ25uC7DH6b4yNHN9kGtONEuiRjWoOhWaBfyS3-1I/s640/The-Mutant-Epoch-Expansion-Rules-August2023-Art-promo-Inking1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOor1vBrr9yjNwnF_JvC6BgBExR_IhsQEttmUGtUYrC8hxu5-xUanAWPuDEE3UZ5v6XVsBs1y4upCSKhFzCtj7TRUq_oTcVXrRcsN7ua04dDVmC76EMkNt51e5VL5R38BGj5JqGo7leVbieF_bEtsZ25uC7DH6b4yNHN9kGtONEuiRjWoOhWaBfyS3-1I/w300-h400/The-Mutant-Epoch-Expansion-Rules-August2023-Art-promo-Inking1.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">This play test copy will be more for page referencing and flow than for
rules testing, as so much of this content has already been in use for
years privately. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">So of course, with this project’s completion within sight, my mind
leaps way ahead to other projects. Very importantly, there is rebuilding
my lost Outland Arts Insider Newsletter, which must be set up before
the XR books is published. The plan is to setup using Mailer Lite, with a
free creature as a sign up bonus (the Red Ripper), so look for an invitation email from me in the near future.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, back to what’s next after the Expansion Rules…</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Besides the TME novel series, which will be 80% of my Outland Arts,
post Expansion Rules focus, what’s next for the Mutant Epoch game?</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Answer:<b><i><span style="font-size: large;"> Nuke Tower</span></i></b></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nuke Tower is already written and the layout done. It’s a 250+ page
multi path adventure for 3-5th rank excavators and is based out of
Pitford. Thinking of doing a kickstarter for this one, but I’ll need
community feedback on that idea.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">What’s after Nuke Tower? </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Well, we have some one day digs and ideas for short content, as
well as another written and play tested mid rank adventure called <b>Blood
Road</b>. But, I’ll put feelers out there as far as doing a <b>One Day Digs
compendium book</b> that includes all of those already released plus two to
four all new book-exclusive mini adventures.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Beyond this, there is the <b>Shattered Region Gazetteer</b>, as well as
some time after the first novel series wraps up to create the Shallow
Sea Region Gazetteer ( where the Novels take place). I don’t plan to
have these other regional source books to be near as big as the
Crossroads Gazetteer.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Other books I’m contemplating</b>:</span></div>
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana;">TME Art book</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana;">100 Excavators ( a hundred actually played characters created by Epochian gamers)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Random mutant monster generator</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Paper miniatures (28mm print , cut and glue figures for tabletop gaming in the Mutant Epoch).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fantasy RPG using the Outland System and compatible with TME characters</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Other Outland System RPGs: sci-fi, western, modern, modern
survivalist, prehistoric ( for lost world adventures for fantasy or TME
characters to visit)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></li>
</ul>
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<div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anyway, my coffee is nearly done and my hand is shaking. </span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Stay tuned to this blog for ongoing updates on the Expansion Rules and other Outland Arts content.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Regards,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">William McAusland</span></div>
</div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sent from my iPhone</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Be sure to follow this blog and feel free to comment! WM</span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mLMpMJFdO-nZUWDp6DSgPyUDQ1a-2R5I9LLykeXic7cFyAskSI4LNk3QVE0hZt_wgychT18kdG7b8EJ3-_wfpakTczSJOJjicPxywIhi7lHs53aLkPTJF8V0aTSevr_9eAWdZKY8b5n6XwqyryT76kX1gN6A0qVOyewdaaQPMeDe4GV1WHrAFO8SpF0/s640/The-Mutant-Epoch-Expansion-Rules-August2023-William-McAusland-In-Studio-PEACE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7mLMpMJFdO-nZUWDp6DSgPyUDQ1a-2R5I9LLykeXic7cFyAskSI4LNk3QVE0hZt_wgychT18kdG7b8EJ3-_wfpakTczSJOJjicPxywIhi7lHs53aLkPTJF8V0aTSevr_9eAWdZKY8b5n6XwqyryT76kX1gN6A0qVOyewdaaQPMeDe4GV1WHrAFO8SpF0/w400-h400/The-Mutant-Epoch-Expansion-Rules-August2023-William-McAusland-In-Studio-PEACE.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-48848139116095252412023-08-16T10:28:00.002-07:002023-08-16T10:28:23.221-07:00 Post-Apocalyptic Muto Pirate<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-nBzgIpJnTRc9HL9_SkeG32IVvhO1P9FnVn6M745Rbocxja0cx-BiCDS1b3I9l7eR7zI2bPshioNYeqqP3mW2A1o_eWklwU4dL-1lSolFsj3-KP_MIJeUI7qAgj1I37APSuAUXo4qFXgMA0WNHKuJcRw2LjWzdK-mOiNVqXH2j0uifwfDNPp3t1jGbc/s720/The_Mutant_Epoch-TTRPG-TME-Hub-Rules-McAusland-Pirate-babe-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6-nBzgIpJnTRc9HL9_SkeG32IVvhO1P9FnVn6M745Rbocxja0cx-BiCDS1b3I9l7eR7zI2bPshioNYeqqP3mW2A1o_eWklwU4dL-1lSolFsj3-KP_MIJeUI7qAgj1I37APSuAUXo4qFXgMA0WNHKuJcRw2LjWzdK-mOiNVqXH2j0uifwfDNPp3t1jGbc/w400-h400/The_Mutant_Epoch-TTRPG-TME-Hub-Rules-McAusland-Pirate-babe-web.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Any of you who own the hub rules know how small this drawing is, and it’s published size is 2.25” tall by 2 inches wide.</p><p>Art from page 14 of The Mutant Epoch RPG hub rules book</p><p>More art here: <a href="https://www.outlandarts.com/TME-hub-rules-art.htm">https://www.outlandarts.com/TME-hub-rules-art.htm</a></p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-28657187163579495762023-08-05T13:09:00.000-07:002023-08-05T13:09:09.432-07:00 Creating a mutant freak<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_AtCYq3wMZSyMc_h9_fzARFGUV_DaWA0kxlguPnjqtnJiRVFK3lnguPXEPPDZTN4unjDom9-rbcmkNJ-dcQYZWPT74S-N3Hw3FLG8z9jjlGRk1ziy2QES53ZMqcq6xJ8FUbJtK1xfybp5hMrGE8OnnNgYzwdMiBiLBXLnGi5KYduat--7tMP8jGuA30/s720/The_Mutant_Epoch-TTRPG-TME-Hub-Rules-McAusland-character-generation-systems-NEW-coffeee-drinker-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="450" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO_AtCYq3wMZSyMc_h9_fzARFGUV_DaWA0kxlguPnjqtnJiRVFK3lnguPXEPPDZTN4unjDom9-rbcmkNJ-dcQYZWPT74S-N3Hw3FLG8z9jjlGRk1ziy2QES53ZMqcq6xJ8FUbJtK1xfybp5hMrGE8OnnNgYzwdMiBiLBXLnGi5KYduat--7tMP8jGuA30/w400-h640/The_Mutant_Epoch-TTRPG-TME-Hub-Rules-McAusland-character-generation-systems-NEW-coffeee-drinker-web.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>A player randomly rolling up a new character for The Mutant Epoch RPG. Some have said that this is like a game on its own, and I agree. Just wait until the Expansion Rules come out in a few months, then the oddities will be off the chart!</p><p><br /></p><p>Art from page 9 of The Mutant Epoch RPG hub rules.</p><p>Grab a free sample here: <a href="https://www.outlandarts.com/The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG-Hub-Rules-DEMO.pdf">https://www.outlandarts.com/The-Mutant-Epoch-RPG-Hub-Rules-DEMO.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p>character design, character generation, hot coffee, dice rolling, polyhedron dice, dice, player character, mutant epoch, the mutant epoch, hub rules, rules, role-playing game, RPG, ttrpg, apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, #outlandsystem #outlandarts #mutants #mutant #epoch #tabletoprpg #gaming #tabletopgame #indiegame #gamer like #gammaworld or #fallout or #mutantcrawlclassics</p><p>--</p><p>William McAusland</p><p>Creative Director</p><p>Outland Arts / The Mutant Epoch RPG / Fantasy Clip Inks/ Handcrafted Dungeons</p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-81907418307503961212023-08-04T22:39:00.006-07:002023-08-04T22:39:54.228-07:00 Tabletop Gamers<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JZsJdUuNmv8usL4wZOJ-8W3icenAufHnBjFvRCjoePnOjroa8_eOZpF9PQ830Q3Xtz2x9wyaI3sxmJZ74_AUKuINDojuTgVFf4DsSRAdiq4LfazfT1r4YN-jAKq2Zx-m-16CmIn5NXdw1OAHW-MsYDE2bzx_FDgpBzBwi9qqiCIqGya8xvpWCIBGoLQ/s720/The_Mutant_Epoch-TTRPG-TME-Hub-Rules-McAusland-Player-Objectives-RPG_GAMERS-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="288" data-original-width="720" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7JZsJdUuNmv8usL4wZOJ-8W3icenAufHnBjFvRCjoePnOjroa8_eOZpF9PQ830Q3Xtz2x9wyaI3sxmJZ74_AUKuINDojuTgVFf4DsSRAdiq4LfazfT1r4YN-jAKq2Zx-m-16CmIn5NXdw1OAHW-MsYDE2bzx_FDgpBzBwi9qqiCIqGya8xvpWCIBGoLQ/w400-h160/The_Mutant_Epoch-TTRPG-TME-Hub-Rules-McAusland-Player-Objectives-RPG_GAMERS-web.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Art from page 6 of The Mutant Epoch RPG hub rules book</p><p><a href="https://www.outlandarts.com/TME-hub-rules-art.htm">https://www.outlandarts.com/TME-hub-rules-art.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p>#mutantepoch #themutantepoch #hubrules #rules #roleplayinggame #RPG #ttrpg #apocalyptic #postapocalyptic #outlandsystem #outlandarts #mutants #mutant #epoch #tabletoprpg #gaming #tabletopgame #indiegame #gamer like #gammaworld or #fallout or #mutantcrawlclassics #gameart #scifi #art</p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-65417998258008542882023-07-28T00:44:00.000-07:002023-07-28T00:44:42.820-07:00Happy Birthday Gary Gygax!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh587JoqAbBIXbQ5RIUEYAKK1_F2MbOf-0EDpaJdUnyJdm2t_AqH0FWlKmZrDzqfm5I63dB_2wKyRGuWe4d_ddT-7mkWzfctKcvuAA0eesAaYC8_WumWEnuTAZrkDaV0ojuC2mmdj9J-bESEzNK86H_abdk3ilH_-3peL9GPt0EZYDkyPe_PgcTk0VGjwA/s3024/DB89AFE8-53D4-4703-9F40-B8DD97B8C714.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh587JoqAbBIXbQ5RIUEYAKK1_F2MbOf-0EDpaJdUnyJdm2t_AqH0FWlKmZrDzqfm5I63dB_2wKyRGuWe4d_ddT-7mkWzfctKcvuAA0eesAaYC8_WumWEnuTAZrkDaV0ojuC2mmdj9J-bESEzNK86H_abdk3ilH_-3peL9GPt0EZYDkyPe_PgcTk0VGjwA/w400-h400/DB89AFE8-53D4-4703-9F40-B8DD97B8C714.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Thanks for all you did for this rewarding hobby. </p><p>It’s time I read this gem again. A great little book for Game Masters and RPG designers both!</p><p><br /></p><p>#garygygax #gamemaster #dungeonmaster #gm #dm #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #rpg #ttrpg #themutantepoch #tme #book #drawing #masterofthegame #roleplaying</p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-11999735879903943652023-07-25T10:13:00.000-07:002023-07-25T10:13:14.358-07:00Two Mutants<p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1U5nt6cvcPSvCNBpKA-jvI4bAvYAtz4pckLnLFL8J8DEYfjNfLoXFgRx9syqs9gvlKkBLGf3Y7gcX34k_bOPZcDTfnUNPN_8ZJT4j4oS5m31uR9pV3l9KWt7BM69P1Yp8QmC54zJlk5amkSpedGdEZLVYRRCWidaUNv1XJR6dnYG_jTA3br6LUJEZ4I/s720/The_Mutant_Epoch-TTRPG-TME-Hub-Rules-McAusland-Trait-val-mods-table-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="720" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjV1U5nt6cvcPSvCNBpKA-jvI4bAvYAtz4pckLnLFL8J8DEYfjNfLoXFgRx9syqs9gvlKkBLGf3Y7gcX34k_bOPZcDTfnUNPN_8ZJT4j4oS5m31uR9pV3l9KWt7BM69P1Yp8QmC54zJlk5amkSpedGdEZLVYRRCWidaUNv1XJR6dnYG_jTA3br6LUJEZ4I/w400-h261/The_Mutant_Epoch-TTRPG-TME-Hub-Rules-McAusland-Trait-val-mods-table-web.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>This pair grace the all-important page for trait determination. Art from page 10 of The Mutant Epoch RPG hub rules book.</p><p><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/90414/The-Mutant-Epoch">https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/90414/The-Mutant-Epoch</a></p><p><br /></p><p> outlandarts #mutants #mutant #epoch #tabletoprpg #gaming #tabletopgame #indiegame #gamer like #gammaworld or #fallout or #mutantcrawlclassics #gameart #scifi</p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-22177390533421491112023-07-21T23:04:00.006-07:002023-07-21T23:04:53.877-07:00 Tracker<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjsJLNe0n9fqW0nKg2DrQyfxRAJwoYl_4sr8EtxiviyOsRHODEzCESb1v78exW85hKdES8IwMGi7WSAtllJCotEIwuQCLnHy3VDiu7SszMQFuGHFs7MpBRtVxYWL7yYF5DPFRrunZpYs2Vf7R0Ia3oJOkxNPKkiI0CUvb17wO4I-YjpbXcIP8shZYWgQ/s756/The_Mutant_Epoch-TTRPG-TME-Hub-Rules-tracking-skill-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="756" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzjsJLNe0n9fqW0nKg2DrQyfxRAJwoYl_4sr8EtxiviyOsRHODEzCESb1v78exW85hKdES8IwMGi7WSAtllJCotEIwuQCLnHy3VDiu7SszMQFuGHFs7MpBRtVxYWL7yYF5DPFRrunZpYs2Vf7R0Ia3oJOkxNPKkiI0CUvb17wO4I-YjpbXcIP8shZYWgQ/w400-h400/The_Mutant_Epoch-TTRPG-TME-Hub-Rules-tracking-skill-web.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Art from page 55 of The Mutant Epoch RPG hub rules.</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0978258592">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0978258592</a></p><p><br /></p><p>#tracking #skill #warrior #wastelandwarrior #mutantepoch #themutantepoch #hubrules #rules #roleplayinggame #RPG #ttrpg #apocalyptic #postapocalyptic #outlandsystem #outlandarts #mutants #mutant #epoch #tabletoprpg #gaming #tabletopgame #indiegame #gamer like #gammaworld or #fallout or #mutantcrawlclassics #gameart #scifi #art<br /></p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-21834734622512426302023-07-14T10:36:00.004-07:002023-07-14T10:36:40.312-07:00 Krushur the Mutie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsp1Ni1vVSIhW45uO5pXFOPMvy5SI2sLQbST1VDO6u9Ww-dmyXEHzmPWwFxtMISVR4hA6y4g6mrlx3vehwkmcueRWFl36hPtkRZCLjAyPxy1bGXdy0p87DLOW0L1LyIMemrW7unQJSy09Kylc9TzNWhPcYCLwLzCDFpi4zS3tOKhkD-nUqEVZ5pXpupE/s720/The_Mutant_Epoch-TTRPG-TME-Hub-Rules-Mutant-with-crab-pincer-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKsp1Ni1vVSIhW45uO5pXFOPMvy5SI2sLQbST1VDO6u9Ww-dmyXEHzmPWwFxtMISVR4hA6y4g6mrlx3vehwkmcueRWFl36hPtkRZCLjAyPxy1bGXdy0p87DLOW0L1LyIMemrW7unQJSy09Kylc9TzNWhPcYCLwLzCDFpi4zS3tOKhkD-nUqEVZ5pXpupE/w400-h400/The_Mutant_Epoch-TTRPG-TME-Hub-Rules-Mutant-with-crab-pincer-web.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>From the cover of The mutant Epoch role-playing game, this brute can hold the line all on his own. Photoshop smudge painting over graphite drawing.</p><p><a href="https://www.outlandarts.com/mutantepoch.htm">https://www.outlandarts.com/mutantepoch.htm</a></p><p><br /></p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-68988388048006739242023-07-07T21:17:00.002-07:002023-07-07T21:17:43.454-07:00Afternoon drawing, a chicken and kinda big news about the Expansion Rules<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8mmvGsBO-vIZEqINCzoKuOHd1vksdMEkOfOaJ9SSzVvdrNwJJhBdwVYRZXRREbvIoqbSh8L_KQJ5UMbc4ki6vh5XJAYRvM33tsyTZ49KqeKPbUt3TOAmx13d-zqaB2KtVQEhBrZM2YtklWL1M-QE8NGdZgwrd-zgjGSbbg5BUuwIXowVSm_u678WZaI/s640/IMG_2273.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit8mmvGsBO-vIZEqINCzoKuOHd1vksdMEkOfOaJ9SSzVvdrNwJJhBdwVYRZXRREbvIoqbSh8L_KQJ5UMbc4ki6vh5XJAYRvM33tsyTZ49KqeKPbUt3TOAmx13d-zqaB2KtVQEhBrZM2YtklWL1M-QE8NGdZgwrd-zgjGSbbg5BUuwIXowVSm_u678WZaI/w300-h400/IMG_2273.jpg" width="300" /></a></div></div><p><br /></p><p>Another afternoon in the backyard drawing freaks and muties for the upcoming Mutant Epoch Expansion Rules book. </p><p><br /></p><p>Big news, the first edits are all done and into second edit and interior art prior to layout. This is the biggest project of the line, and of my life. Follow along for updates and sketches.</p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCgRPfmmUwdvWZIQKci_isRqLm_hwa0P6f5cCZofseFhCu97D0yyq2rjikU4h4j5hPZ7H3Rgv0WTPTjNSm5px1TfbNcB2oslxbouqhqfLMARLNzBbInObSfXcmWmz7OHG2jKomFvTnrWOTtJPyDiZ1B5AKLNwh7QL80Z-XoVO9A3uCB7AjRJNhBSI-mI/s640/IMG_2267.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQCgRPfmmUwdvWZIQKci_isRqLm_hwa0P6f5cCZofseFhCu97D0yyq2rjikU4h4j5hPZ7H3Rgv0WTPTjNSm5px1TfbNcB2oslxbouqhqfLMARLNzBbInObSfXcmWmz7OHG2jKomFvTnrWOTtJPyDiZ1B5AKLNwh7QL80Z-XoVO9A3uCB7AjRJNhBSI-mI/w300-h400/IMG_2267.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Oh, the chicken’s name is Lucky and she’s not fussy about the dog.<div><br /></div><div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu7b1ZZdEIcrO0ouvxQicroOmgeAHTrYJF4UDbNEj8w8BHXbT6ace9UjIyWcEyF58NCdd0T1kx1rqn8hOVuBU0ZunQq6yTIBC6TLg469i99QphU1Uiv1h80m2t2nYnfEB4RWPJz0-H6jSsCKTkQt9yyeR7xe1dx9TLbfZkzwzcKz1or-UAQkK5DQ0NjZU/s640/IMG_2271.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu7b1ZZdEIcrO0ouvxQicroOmgeAHTrYJF4UDbNEj8w8BHXbT6ace9UjIyWcEyF58NCdd0T1kx1rqn8hOVuBU0ZunQq6yTIBC6TLg469i99QphU1Uiv1h80m2t2nYnfEB4RWPJz0-H6jSsCKTkQt9yyeR7xe1dx9TLbfZkzwzcKz1or-UAQkK5DQ0NjZU/w300-h400/IMG_2271.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p>#mutantepoch #apocalyptic #expansionrules #postapocalyptic #themutantepoch #outlandsystem #RPG #ttrpg #outlandarts #mutants #mutant #epoch #tme #wasteland #tabletoprpg #tabletop #tabletopgame #rpgart #indierpg like #gammaworld or #mutantyearzero or #mutantcrawlclassics #inkdrawing #williammcausland #art #sketchbook #sketch #drawing #doodle #chicken</p></div></div>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-55656734203190056062023-07-07T08:47:00.000-07:002023-07-07T08:47:01.681-07:00 Cyborg Adventurer<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFw_rqZwIuCSiBKPJk-w5jaWCqLdevNvQxhqW8LmG05aBt4fRgxVg0FcZywdzTDZWqwHSmj-yCsCcbJHqKXqTrmGw8Z2Wu4doO4_6bCE0sRZAUlmaFbi4HXjcbYx3UrlmxNj-dKP0Lcnr2-pkXPRBlJFIpuRZ2L6TZaj1y31KWlrt2m4i6Pl9C4rpx6mk/s720/The_Mutant_Epoch-TTRPG-TME-Hub-Rules-Cyborg-bob-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFw_rqZwIuCSiBKPJk-w5jaWCqLdevNvQxhqW8LmG05aBt4fRgxVg0FcZywdzTDZWqwHSmj-yCsCcbJHqKXqTrmGw8Z2Wu4doO4_6bCE0sRZAUlmaFbi4HXjcbYx3UrlmxNj-dKP0Lcnr2-pkXPRBlJFIpuRZ2L6TZaj1y31KWlrt2m4i6Pl9C4rpx6mk/w400-h400/The_Mutant_Epoch-TTRPG-TME-Hub-Rules-Cyborg-bob-web.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>Another of the cover art characters from Art from The Mutant Epoch RPG hub rules book. Photoshop painted over pencil drawing.</p><p><a href="https://www.outlandarts.com/TME-hub-Rules.htm">https://www.outlandarts.com/TME-hub-Rules.htm</a></p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-68552632005397259992023-06-28T11:31:00.000-07:002023-06-28T11:31:58.133-07:00 Ghost Mutantess<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHG_IjiXC0ASiGxIQz9nwxlY3y9Jmx9oBTyt6DveqTq0EpEjlAj9mZL22WxcHZPvJK-LadyYE71DVIJ5JT526vlW5H2_S6_co5Sb2npM-A84W8DhduH2l3sazaZC_DQH5asUJt9lBgwucO6W_8TCHJdT7AYOmEJlaIJPMfHJNoEpcJmgGmFdzAryGBzKQ/s720/The_Mutant_Epoch-TTRPG-TME-Hub-Rules-cover-ghost-mutant-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHG_IjiXC0ASiGxIQz9nwxlY3y9Jmx9oBTyt6DveqTq0EpEjlAj9mZL22WxcHZPvJK-LadyYE71DVIJ5JT526vlW5H2_S6_co5Sb2npM-A84W8DhduH2l3sazaZC_DQH5asUJt9lBgwucO6W_8TCHJdT7AYOmEJlaIJPMfHJNoEpcJmgGmFdzAryGBzKQ/w400-h400/The_Mutant_Epoch-TTRPG-TME-Hub-Rules-cover-ghost-mutant-web.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>Another of the characters from the front cover of The Mutant Epoch Hub Rules book. A ghost mutant is a person who looks like a regular pure stock human on the outside, but might have improved or abnormal organs within as well as remarkable mental and energy based deviations, as shown here.</p><p><br /></p><p>mutantess, ghost, ghost mutant, woman, female, character, photoshop, mutant epoch, the mutant epoch, hub rules, rules, role-playing game, RPG, ttrpg , apocalyptic, post-apocalyptic, outland system, outland arts,</p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-28331624747825765372023-06-20T22:01:00.000-07:002023-06-20T22:01:08.299-07:00 Chain Gunner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZFfM7O12XnZCUO3CYOR_sIaiNsXIAnB8-kB8khGfcybfEAsyLmSPA1xHmGvVOJoEedh271V7n8V1kcK5jDISrgv6fsSlafBiazEFWK5a-mDrknMYnsWytfJsq1DsVLaqrCNuBFXlkZXadJIHNKaPorl31Bflbe-zeJrPbAo8iV08hIncoUjHtlOs0GY/s720/The_Mutant_Epoch-TTRPG-TME-Hub-Rules-cover-art-chain-gunner-web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="720" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOZFfM7O12XnZCUO3CYOR_sIaiNsXIAnB8-kB8khGfcybfEAsyLmSPA1xHmGvVOJoEedh271V7n8V1kcK5jDISrgv6fsSlafBiazEFWK5a-mDrknMYnsWytfJsq1DsVLaqrCNuBFXlkZXadJIHNKaPorl31Bflbe-zeJrPbAo8iV08hIncoUjHtlOs0GY/w400-h400/The_Mutant_Epoch-TTRPG-TME-Hub-Rules-cover-art-chain-gunner-web.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>So this armored fella from the cover of The Mutant Epoch RPG book is the one I use for nearly all my social media avatars. This will change after the Expansion Rules come out.</p><p>No, even as we wrap up the first edits on the XR rules, I don’t have a release date yet.</p><p>This was painted in photoshop over a pencil drawing scan. I posed for this with a wood and plastic chaingun prop in cardboard armor</p><p>Stay tuned for the other cover characters.</p><p>William McAusland</p><p>Outland Arts / The Mutant Epoch RPG / Fantasy Clip Inks/ Handcrafted Dungeons</p><p>web sites: <a href="http://www.outlandarts.com">http://www.outlandarts.com</a> or <a href="http://www.mutantepoch.com">http://www.mutantepoch.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p>"Putting YOU in the Game"</p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4593374818963068098.post-5312197873343273562023-06-14T19:47:00.009-07:002023-06-14T19:47:57.364-07:00 Little Game Helper blog wrote up a splendid review of The Mutant Epoch RPG core book!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAPHtgD9NH3mGcT6KkPcB4XJlJ6z4vDG7q789KF3zARk6i0GoI5xhy_A_uBw9M7r1o0z9viNFAGWswbLq5y_eakx2ULOlFr6sW0fdTyfrv7wWD8KQmrXBvWoaCax4WJd6Dchxr8ETUNELZ6ccSMGDVaqWVZDN6iVj0DqpS1wD8auru3ZCFPIqVpB6W/s967/Little-Game-Helper-Notes-TME-Review-screenshot-big-June14-2023-12x13-shadowed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="870" data-original-width="967" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAPHtgD9NH3mGcT6KkPcB4XJlJ6z4vDG7q789KF3zARk6i0GoI5xhy_A_uBw9M7r1o0z9viNFAGWswbLq5y_eakx2ULOlFr6sW0fdTyfrv7wWD8KQmrXBvWoaCax4WJd6Dchxr8ETUNELZ6ccSMGDVaqWVZDN6iVj0DqpS1wD8auru3ZCFPIqVpB6W/w400-h360/Little-Game-Helper-Notes-TME-Review-screenshot-big-June14-2023-12x13-shadowed.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Are you up for an exciting post-apocalyptic tabletop adventure? If you're looking for an interesting indie role-playing game that will transport you to a science fiction world filled with mutants, survival, and reconstruction, go no further than Mutant Epoch.</p><p>Read the whole review here....</p><p><a href="https://littlegamehelper.com/blog/f/mutant-epoch-a-post-apocalyptic-indie-rpg">https://littlegamehelper.com/blog/f/mutant-epoch-a-post-apocalyptic-indie-rpg</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Give them a follow here: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/littlegamehelp/">https://www.instagram.com/littlegamehelp/</a></p><p><br /></p>Will McAusland:: Creator, Outland Arts http://www.mutantepoch.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14815674034080679689noreply@blogger.com0